Every mile is Magic...

Well my family and I will find out in mid-January whether the slogan above holds true!  This past week, after quite a few months of discussion, my wife and I took the plunge and registered for the 2013 version of Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge.  For those of you not familiar with this little event it means running a half-marathon on Saturday, January 12, 2013, and then following that up with a full marathon the next day, Sunday, January 13, 2013.  Should be easy compared to doing an Ironman, right?!  I guess we'll find out!

At the very least, the race is now providing us with some much needed motivation to get on to a regular exercise regimen.  And it looks as though I'm going to have to get damn serious about the regularity and intensity of my workouts - Heidi threw out the concept of a sub-4 hour finish for the marathon!  Now in truth I have never run a full marathon unless it has been the concluding portion of an Ironman so I really don't know what I could be capable of.  History to date on the run portion of Ironman has meant a 4 hour run time has been the stuff of DREAMS!  However, I do know on my half-marathon performances I have run at just over 2 hours and really started to hurt at the end of it - often thinking where is that finish line in the last 2 kilometres...

We are also going to sign up our two kids for much smaller versions of the races.  The oldest daughter is going to take on the Mickey Mile - her training starts this week.  The youngest daughter is in the age category where I believe she will be taking on the 100 metre dash.  In truth, I think the youngest could do the Mickey Mile as she seems to have been training for it since birth!

So January 12 and 13, 2013 are the target dates.  Sub 4 hour finish for the marathon has been thrown out there.  I'm thinking that means we should focus on getting a sub 2 hour finish for the half marathon as well.

Training with Purpose!